Thousands have gathered with Palestinian Authority flags about 700 yards from the security fence in eastern Gaza, and thousands more in a tent compound deep in the area.

According to Arab reports, demonstrators entered the Erez industrial zone on the Gaza side of the security fence and broke security cameras.

Demonstrators burned signs bearing the portrait of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump. The signs read “Jerusalem the capital of Palestine”

Dozens of Arab youths were injured by IDF rubber bullets in major rallies along the Gaza Strip border, even before the official marches planned to follow Friday prayers, around 2 PM local time, Ma’an reported Friday at noon. The Red Crescent crews on location are claiming 54 injuries in 6 confrontations along the border fence.

Hamas leader Yahya al-Senawar and Ismail Haniyeh, head of the terror group’s political bureau, took part in the clashes.

According to Ma’an, the masses continue to flock to the six sit-in areas announced by the Coordinating Committee for the Return in the Gaza Strip. A Ma’an correspondent claimed that tens of thousands from all across the Gaza Strip are congregating at the security fence east of Al-Shujaiya, east of Al-Bureij, east of Rafah and east of Khan Yunis.